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3 hours ago, silviaz said:

If I'm using a 4 post hoist, won't I need blocks on all 4 wheels so it applies pressure evenly? I'm having a hard time visualising this

Yes. Imagine you have the car on the ground, and you mine away all the ground under and around it, except for the area directly under each individual wheel. That's exactly how it'd look, except the ground will be what ever you make the bit under each wheel from

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3 hours ago, silviaz said:

How'd I do this if it's on a hoist or if it's on the ground with the wheel in the way? Don't see how it's possible. Unless I misunderstood what you meant. I tightened all my bolts with both wheels off the ground. Including the strut bolts, upper control arm, j arm, lower bolt on strut, sway bar.

 

There was a lot of f**king around lining up the j arm with the bolts because I had to hold the strut because it kept spinning. Had to do stuff you normally shouldn't have to do.

Because the cars wheels are on blocks, you slide under the car.

 

Pretty much all the bolts you touched should have been put in, but not fully torque up.

 

Back them off a turn or two, and then tighten them up from under the car with the wheels sitting on the blocks holding car up in the air.

11 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Yes, if you set the "height" right so that it's basically where it would be when sitting on the wheel. It's actually exactly how I tighten bolts that need to be done that way.

However....urethane bushes do NOT need to be done that way. The bush slides on both the inner and outer. It's only rubber bushes that are bonded to the outer that need to be clamped to the crush tube in the "home" position.

And my car is so full of sphericals now that I have very few that I need to do properly and I sometimes forget and have to go back and fix it afterwards!

I'm sick of doing the same job a million times lol

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11 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Because the cars wheels are on blocks, you slide under the car.

 

Pretty much all the bolts you touched should have been put in, but not fully torque up.

 

Back them off a turn or two, and then tighten them up from under the car with the wheels sitting on the blocks holding car up in the air.

Yep. Took me a while to visualise it. I thought I had to undo everything. If I can't reach it with the wheels on (tight spaces) I'll jack up by the rotor

 

Thanks for the help!

22 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Once you learn it all, you find you do the job once.

But this is the best way to learn, as you won't forget the lessons :)

Just redid that entire job. 4 hours, but tightened everything properly. Had to jack the rotor instead of having the car on blocks as there was no room for the FUCA arms to tighten and the j arm. All good now. Cheers for the help!

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